The best way of defusing embarrassment is self-deprecation - a tactic utterly alien to her
Recall for a moment your worst-ever professional failure. Remember the creeping dread as you realised what you’d done, the looks on the faces of your colleagues, the inescapable knowledge there was nobody else to blame. I’m sure it felt horrendous. And given embarrassment is an emotion whose power does not fade with time, I apologise for bringing it all back. But there is some comfort in the likelihood no one else has even thought about it in years.
The most awkward thing about this latest stunt is her utter refusal to see the funny side. The best way of defusing embarrassment is self-deprecation – but such a tactic is utterly alien to the former Prime Minister.
Whether this self-importances comes from a misplaced belief there is still a way back, or a simple lack of self-awareness, is not entirely clear. But there is no way Liz Truss is back. She’s done. And you can’t be in on the joke when you are the joke.
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